EIFF

Content Warnings: Death and dying

18+

Hope

UK Premiere

Hope

A rural Korean village is under attack from a mysterious creature laying waste to buildings, vehicles and anyone unfortunate to cross its path. Now it is down to a band of hunters, hapless police and terrified locals to identify the...

UK Premiere
Na Hong-jin
2026
165 mins
15+

No One Believes In Me

World Premiere

No One Believes In Me

A disillusioned Bigfoot impersonator has an increasingly bad day in Anabelle Lemieux’s (Fowl Play, EIFF 2025) darkly comedic, visually striking and highly original short about loneliness, frustration and disenfranchisement. -Emma Boa...
World Premiere
Anabelle LeMieux
2025
11 mins
12A

Out There

World Premiere

Out There

Still grieving the disappearance of her scientist father, amateur teenaged astronomer Maz (Stocks) is convinced she has spotted something suspicious hovering above her sleepy Welsh hometown. Recruiting the support of her best mate Little Elis (Moya), UFO-obsessed conspiracy theorist Bryn...
World Premiere
Simon Ryninks
2026
80 mins
PG

The Pigeon

UK Premiere

The Pigeon

A young woman believes a loved one has been reincarnated when a pigeon appears in her apartment. Chloe Culpin’s poignant portrait of the many stages of grief is compelling, nuanced and deeply affecting in its heartfelt simplicity.- Emma Boa...
UK Premiere
Chloe Culpin
2025
12 mins
12A

IDYLL

UK Premiere

IDYLL

An unhappy young woman becomes obsessed with a VR platform which allows her to vicariously experience a life of wealth and decadence in this stylish and unnerving vision of our shared digital future....
UK Premiere
Austin Cauldwell
2025
18 mins
18+

Skinned

World Premiere

Skinned

When a young woman discovers a shocking betrayal by her lover she arranges an elaborate and bloody revenge in this compelling, stylish and provocative horror short about sex, trust and the skins we wear. - Paul Ridd...
World Premiere
Alexandra Ruggieri
2025
5 mins
15+

Meeting Your Maker

European Premiere

Meeting Your Maker

A depressed puppet questions everything in this hilarious and very adult short about fame, failure and what makes life worth living. Superbly crafted and full of pathos, this is a beautiful and hilarious short. The perfect midnight movie. -Paul Ridd...
European Premiere
Gregory JM Kasunich
2026
18 mins
12A

DINGO

UK Premiere

DINGO

An 81-year-old undiscovered street photographer prodigy, named Dingo, and his daughter confront how photography affects their memories and grief. - Paul Ridd...
UK Premiere
James Marcus Haney
2026
18 mins
15+

Hungry

World Premiere

Hungry

When a group of tourists ventures off the beaten track in the vast swamplands of the Louisiana Bayou, they find themselves trapped in a claustrophobic open locale by a very large, very active, very food-centred hippo. As the group fights...
World Premiere
James Nunn
2026
92 mins
15+

Skerry & May

World Premiere

Skerry & May

On a remote island, a woman reunites with the man she once loved and lost, leading to a final conversation that challenges them both to confront the nature of memory and identity, and of loving and letting go....
World Premiere
Edinburgh Napier University’s Screen Academy Scotland
2025
15 mins

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109 mins

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60 mins

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2026
12 mins